Sara-Sahara case: Dawood's brother acquitted

Last updated on: June 13, 2007 15:02 IST

A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday acquitted fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar along with a builder and four civic officials in the case related to the unauthorised construction of the Sara-Sahara malls while convicting three other accused.

It was widely reported that a nexus between the underworld and civic officials had been busted after the case was filed.

The two unauthorised malls were built on land owned by the Central Public Works Department in the prime Crawford Market area of south Mumbai. The land was reserved for a municipal school and the malls were constructed allegedly in connivance with MCGM officials.

The matter came to light four years ago after police intercepted telephonic conversations purportedly between Kaskar and co-accused Shaikh and Radhapura.

The accused were booked for criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and extortion under the Indian Penal Code and the stringent MCOCA.